By Daily Sports on January 2, 2022

Chelsea Manager Thomas Tuchel has shown his ruthless side by dropping striker Romelu Lukaku from Sunday’s premier league cracker against Liverpool after the player granted an unauthorized interview expressing unhappiness with life at Chelsea.

Tuchel did not hide his irritation that £98million striker Lukaku had gone public with his displeasure and said he would hold 'behind closed doors talks' to sort out the situation.

But, according to The Athletic, Lukaku has been left out of the Chelsea squad for the crunch top-of-the-table clash as a consequence.

'Physically I am fine. But I'm not happy with the situation at Chelsea,' Lukaku told Sky in Italy.

'Tuchel has chosen to play with another system – I won't give up, I'll be professional. I am not happy with the situation but I am professional – and I can't give up now.' Chelsea's record signing has scored in his last two games against Aston Villa and Brighton having returned to the side following an ankle injury and a bout of Covid-19.

But he will apparently play no part in a match against fellow title hopefuls Liverpool that neither side can afford to lose.

Leaders Manchester City moved 11 points clear of Chelsea with their 2-1 win at Arsenal on New Year's Day.

The interview with Sky Italia was taken at Lukaku's property and Chelsea are said to have not had prior knowledge of it, leaving them fuming.

As well as talking up his unhappiness in Tuchel's system, Lukaku also gushed about the prospect of one day returning to Inter Milan. He added: 'I really, genuinely from the bottom of my heart hope to come back to Inter, not at the end of my career, but while I am still at the level to win more trophies.'

Speaking at his press conference on Friday when asked about Lukaku's comments, Tuchel said: 'I don't like it because it brings noise we don't need. We need a calm environment and focus, and it does not help.

'On the other side we don't want to make it more than it actually is.

'This is today's world, and everything you say is out there in public if you are such a big player like Romelu, — he is an experienced player and should know what kind of value it has when he speaks out like this.'

The Chelsea boss added: 'You will find not a lot of system changes, if any.

'Romelu played when he came, he got injured, caught Covid and he played with no training.

'That's why I'm surprised. I don't enter in these discussions like there's something going on because there is absolutely zero going on.'

Lukaku has scored seven times in 18 matches since returning to Chelsea for a club record transfer fee in the summer. (Most part of the report culled from Daily Mail)

•PHOTO: Lukaku

Source Daily Sports

Posted January 2, 2022

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